In the next three days, Tan Renhao and the other four people gathered together to pay attention to the actions of the Second Fleet. On the eighth day after the departure of the Second Fleet, a war report came back, and even Tan Renhao doubted his judgment a little.

"How is this possible, it doesn't make sense at all!" Lei Shaoqing was even more surprised than Tan Renhao.

Hao Dongjue hurriedly read the battle report brought back by Chang Jianxin, and then he was also surprised. "Renhao, is there something wrong with the brains of the Japanese?"

Tan Renhao smiled and shook his head, but he also probably understood the intentions of the Japanese side.

After the Second Fleet went to sea, it went directly to Ryukyu Island to find the Japanese fleet for a decisive battle. In Tan Renhao's view, the actions of the Second Fleet are undoubtedly to send them to death, and no matter how stupid the Japanese are, they will not be stupid enough to play with the desperate Tang Imperial Navy fleet. The best way to do this was to send out the bombers deployed on the Ryukyu Island and carry out a devastating bombing of the Second Fleet, which would have been buried in the sea before it could see the Japanese Home Fleet. Things didn't go in that direction, though. Since the Second Fleet went to sea, it has been operating within the cover of shore-based fighters of the Second Fleet, and at least two squadrons of fighter planes of the Army have been circling over the Second Fleet at any given time. What surprised Tan Renhao even more was that the Japanese bombers did not attack the Second Fleet, as if the Japanese did not believe that the bombers could blow up the battleship.

As a result, the Japanese sent a native fleet of six battleships to meet the Second Fleet. The naval battle was fought in the sea 150 kilometers northwest of Miyakojima. More than a dozen capital ships of both fleets, dozens of other warships engaged in a rather fierce naval artillery battle. As a result, two battleships of the Second Fleet suffered heavy losses, three battlecruisers suffered heavy losses, and three battleships of the Japanese Home Fleet were also heavily damaged. Without giving the other side a fatal blow, both sides withdrew from the battlefield after dark. The battle, which lasted for a day, did not have an absolute effect on the outcome of the battle.

This engagement situation really surprised Tan Renhao, even if the Japanese side did not plan to use bombers against the Second Fleet, then there was no need to be stupid to fight a decisive battle with the Second Fleet. Tan Renhao was a little confused about what the Japanese naval commander was thinking. If it was only to ensure the security of the Ryukyu Islands, then the Japanese home fleet did not need to take the initiative at all. Again, he couldn't figure out what the warring parties were thinking. The naval battle site was less than 300 kilometers away from the imperial island of Taiwan, and the combat radius of ordinary bombers exceeded 300 kilometers, and this sea area was only 400 kilometers away from Ryukyu Island, and Japanese bombers could easily fly over the Second Fleet. Even if the aviation is not used as the main force, at least it should cooperate with the actions of the naval fleet.

Of course, the result of the engagement was that the Second Fleet had to withdraw to the port of Zhoushan ahead of schedule, and the landing operation on the island of Ryukyu was canceled. Subsequently, the Japanese Home Fleet also joined up with its Tohoku Combined Fleet and returned to the port of Naha. In other words, as a result of the naval battle, the Tang Empire lost the opportunity to recover the Ryukyu Islands and was unable to regain control of the eastern waters of the East China Sea from the Japanese Navy.

Judging by the results of the entire campaign, the Japanese actually won the victory. They dismantled another counterattack by the Tang Empire's navy and firmly controlled the sea supremacy in their own hands. Although the Japanese Navy did not dare to go to the coastal areas of the Tang Empire for the time being, the result was obvious, and after Japan cleaned up the mess in the South Seas, then the Tang Empire would face the challenge of the four main fleets of the Japanese Navy.

On the one hand, they were glad that Japan did not send bombers to attack the Second Fleet, and on the other hand, they were lamenting why Rear Admiral Fan Dinghai did not ask for support from the army bombers on the island of Taiwan. Obviously, the outcome of this naval battle will certainly not be satisfactory. However, this is not the case.

In the newspaper the next day, a report of the results of the battle shocked the four young men again. Marshal Jiang Bangguo went so far as to announce that he had sunk six Japanese capital ships and severely damaged four Japanese capital ships, thus winning a complete victory in the naval battle. In the end, because the bombers and ground forces of the army aviation were not deployed in place, the landing operation on Ryukyu Island had to be canceled, and the Second Fleet returned to Zhoushan Port in triumph.

For such publicity, Tan Renhao could only laugh at it, and the other three people also felt accustomed to it after being shocked. However, the four of them knew very well in their hearts that the outcome of this battle had pushed the Imperial Navy to the brink of destruction, and the Empire would pay an even heavier price for it.

Tan Renhao also recovered and was discharged from the hospital at this time. After a thorough medical examination, the doctors determined that he had fully recovered from his injuries and no longer needed to stay in the hospital. Tan Renhao declined Lei Shaoqing's invitation and went to General Liao Hanxiang's Naval Reserve Aviation Headquarters, where he served as Chief of Staff of General Liao Hanxiang, specifically responsible for arranging the training of reserve pilots. Lei Shaoqing and the three of them also returned to the Fifth Fleet on the same day.

"Don't worry, I'll come to see you whenever I have the chance." Liao Yingyu still stayed in the Navy Headquarters Hospital, "However, you have to promise to write to me, if I don't receive your letter within a month, then I will go to you!" ”

Tan Renhao agreed with a smile, how dare he forget this?

"We're not going to send you, get on the plane!" Lei Shaoqing patted Tan Renhao's shoulder, "I believe, it won't be long before we meet again!" ”

Tan Renhao smiled and nodded: "I also believe that it won't be long before we meet again." ”

In the end, Tan Renhao resisted Liao Yingyu again and asked her to take care of her body, and then boarded the small transport plane. This was specially sent to him by General Liao Hanxiang, which can be regarded as a little privilege of Liao Hanxiang in the reserve command, and the person who piloted the plane was an aviation instructor of the naval aviation.

From Zhoushan to Wuxi, it is only a straight-line distance of more than 200 kilometers. An hour later, the plane landed on the airfield of the Naval Air Station on the edge of Taihu Lake. Liao Hanxiang is already waiting here to talk about Renhao.

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